The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1887-08-05
Wilkinsville and Vicinity.
WILKINsvILLE, July 29th. 1887.

"'SNiNSNibbh, Eotu, 1901. .
MR. ,EDiroR.-This afternoon is quite warm,
but not so hot as the weather was several days
ago. From the, 18th to the goth, wo had "a
very unusual hot spell Of weather. II was op-
pressive on both man aud beast. However,
the heated term was cut off by gentle showers
on Thursday and Friday afternoons and on
Saturday afternoon we had splendid rain, and
Think it was very. general. The rain con
tinued to fall after night. don't know how
long, for retired early and was soon lost in
sleep and, dreams. The rain was acoompa-
MED by some wind but did no serious dam
age to- crops, 80. far as L have heard from.
Crops are very much revived md arc doing
we'll. Some Of the farmers on Broad River
count on making enough of corn t. do them
two years, il nothing happens to It from this
oa. The cotton crop on Broad River and her
adjacent hills is also very promising at this
time, andI am sorry to hear that it is not 30
In other localities Of Union. Mr.. J. Ii. Bar
ties, OF your town, Is visiting in this neigh
borhood and, understand he reports the crops
sorry from Union, G. II. up this way. Well,
! will say to you all down there on the ridge
what H. W. Grady said to the North Western
folks When ho heard Of their crop failure
he invited them down South where il was al
ways seasonablc. If you cant do any better,
just movo up into tho dark corner and we
will try and take caro- of you until you can
make crop. We would like first-rate to
have town and q Railroad to enlighten us q
little up hero. I have heard it said, that o
locomotive was the greatest oivilizer in the
world. little civilizing and moralizing
would not hurt us. The crops are about laid
by and the big meetings will commence this
week at Salem Church conducted by w. W.
Ratchford, and our brother Methodiss are to
have protracted meeting at Wilson's Chapel
OF this town, embracing the Is. Sabbath of
August, and our brother BAp,ists you ;know
Will fall in line with their series of meetings
sometime in August, so when they all get
done with us l reckon we will feel like there
has been general eradication of all our sins
and that we have started out on q higher
moral plano. II is mighty hard for fellow
that farms TO keep his morals in the right sort
Of tune. Our folk have an old black hen with
about dozen chickens that have corrupted
my morals some lately, by trespassing on my
""sSAASioh Pnto0. l. uuu U UOy 10 run ner
down yesterday and catch her, Z then pulled
oil the feathers out of one of her wings and
put her in coop. i thought 1 was done being
worried with her, but she got OFT this morn
ing, and when visited the watermelon patch
found that she had been there and sampled
several melons, looked for her but could not
find her anywhere. 1 told the houssk eepcr
they might say what they pleased intended
to shoot that old hen if caught her in tha,
melon patch again. think will get her
soon in the morning. My girl is 'couutin on
eating some Of those melons. and am de-
termined that the old hen shall not cause her
to be disappointed. My time is up. think
we will have more rain this afternoon, The
health Of our vicinity is very good. / want
you to give your Devil good shakingsup
and mako him quit swapping my words for some
Of his when write to you.
Yours truly, p. BL